I recently bought a Shure microphone that looks just like a PG-81. But it's not. It is a pencil style electret condenser called a BG-4.1. It sounds really good and I got it brand new with a nice case and clip for fifty bucks. Sounds great on an acoustic guitar. Anyway, does anyone else have one of these and what do you think of them? I guess fifty was a good deal.....
Shure BG 4.1
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omtayslick
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I had a BG 4.0 that I used for years. (same mic as the 4.1, Shure renamed it but changed nothing else) It has the capacity to run on a AA battery as well as phantom power, but sounds slightly better on phantom. I used it until I upgraded to an sm81, then sent it on to my son.
It's a pretty good little mic. Nice on acoustic. I read of a commercial studio, (sorry can't remember who) that loved a pair of these on piano.
It is probably the best mic in the Beta Green series. It looks and sounds a little like an sm94.
It's a pretty good little mic. Nice on acoustic. I read of a commercial studio, (sorry can't remember who) that loved a pair of these on piano.
It is probably the best mic in the Beta Green series. It looks and sounds a little like an sm94.
omtayslick
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True. But it will automatically choose the phantom power if it is available. You don't have to remove the battery to use it. I used to use it to mic acoustic guitar live on battery power. Originally I bought it to record on a cassette portastudio that had no phantom power.